The Impossible I-1

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The Impossible I-1 is a slap in the face to the people behind the death of FP-100C. It appears Fujifilm is content continuing their transitioning to instax, while letting their traditional Polaroid films die; even though demand is strong enough to bring about projects like the I-1 from the Impossible project, which go beyond instax technologically. I have been the proud owner of two Polaroid SX-70‘s since I was a child and I remember being amazed at how they operated, but today’s instax technology just doesn’t stack up to classic polaroid film in my opinion. Read More »

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High Quality Mirrorless Telephotos Compared

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image courtesy of Daniel J. Cox

Natural Exposures has a comparison between Leica/Fuji/Nikon super zooms and the Olympus 300mm. In my opinion the Fujifilm XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR, that I reviewed earlier this year, is the clear winner even through Daniel J. Cox isn’t familiar with Fujifilm cameras/lenses. The XF100-400 and Fujifilm X-T1 work great together and I would highly recommend the combo to anyone shooting wildlife.

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Fujinon PL 20-120mm Cabrio XK6x20 Zoom Lens Overview

Fujifilm released a new overview video for the Fujinon PL 20-120mm Cabrio XK6x20 Zoom Lens. Fuji’s new 4k lens line up has been winning a lot of awards and I can’t wait to see how it shakes up the market going forward.

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Getting Creative With Photography 2

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image courtesy of The Fujifilm Blog

Roger Payne is back with an inexpensive window light box solution that could be very useful. His bathtub product photography method was very popular among readers of this blog and others, which inspired him to publish this follow up, how to create an inexpensive light box for getting professional results. Roger manages to capture some very compelling images using just two sheets of A3 paper and his Fujifilm X-E2S with a XF60 F2.4 R macro lens attached. You can read about how he accomplished the photo above and more on the official Fujifilm Blog.

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Almost Perfect From The Start

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When the Fujifilm X100 was released in 2011, I was blown away by the quality of the images it was able to produce, but the first X100 was flawed in many ways. Fuji’s latest article “most loved” could easily be renamed most frustrating because the rest of the X series has shown us what the Fujifilm X100 could become. The original X100 is one of the few cameras I have repurchased, due to Fujifilm addressing many of the early issues with the camera via firmware updates, but by the time the corrections were made, there were a variety of compelling X series cameras on the market for substantially less money. Two years later, when the X100S was released, there was finally parity between the X100 and the rest of the line up, which peaked my interest, but then, for some reason, they quickly followed it up with the X100T, so I purchased a used X100S and saved a substantial amount of money. Read More »

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The Fujifilm GX 680 III S Professional

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Bellamy at Japan camera hunter has an interesting article about an often over looked medium format camera. The Fujifilm GX680IIIS, which is a huge studio quality camera that many people are unaware of, because it never gained popularity. I was surprised to find out that even this camera has the ability to have a CF/CF-MS digital back attached to it, which makes it compelling for people looking to get into digital medium format. Whenever I come across a camera like this it makes me want to buy into medium format, but the scarcity and sometimes prices involved in putting a digital kit medium format kit together always dissuade me.

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